In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce.

Wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but about seeing through all knowledge.

Silence is so much more productive of wisdom and clarity than thinking.

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what's happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what's happening.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer, see it, know it, be empty.

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

May all beings be happy, be peaceful, be liberated.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

The Buddha's teaching is a teaching of self-reliance, of being one's own master, one's own refuge.

Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, just as ice and water are of the same substance.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Insight knowledge comes from direct experience, not from intellectual understanding.

When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity for accepting and having compassion for them is there.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

The true understanding is that the practice itself is enlightenment.

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

The more you meditate, the more you understand yourself and the better friend you become to yourself.

Loving-kindness is not something we need to manufacture. It's a natural expression of our awakened nature.

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

When thoughts arise, recognize them as the display of your own awareness, like recognizing your own children in a crowd.

Right View is not just a matter of intellectual understanding but of seeing things as they really are.

Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.